The test flight of Shuttle Enterprise (NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-101) on August 12, 1977, was one of the most thrilling events of my life. That test flight proved that man could ascend to the heavens above and then glide back to Earth in a reusable space ship.

I recall it well, the day Enterprise lifted off the back of the 747 and glided back to Edwards AFB, California. I was among other military familes as we gathered around a television set in the day room of the temporary family quarters at Ft. Eustes, Virginia. It was a thrilling, awe-inspiring sight for us all.

Although the Shuttle Enterprise was a prototype with no engines or heat shield, it could have (at great cost) been re-fitted and take it's place among the list of working shuttles. But alas, the program is coming to an end, Enterprise having never reached orbit.

Wouldn't it be wonderful if Enterprise flew the last mission into space? Sadly, that will never happen but we can dream, can't we?

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In this blog, you will read eye witness accounts of UFO sightings, that have been submitted to MUFON, NUFORC and other respected UFO research organizations. Manyof these reports will be of sightings that occurred in the state of Texas.

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Also known as "Sky Watcher", I am a retired photographer, Photo Tech., Computer Tech., and Artist, now working full time as a UFO Researcher/Investigator.
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